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cy·clo·pe·di·a also cy·clo·pae·di·a  (skl-pd-)

n.

An encyclopedia.

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[Short for encyclopedia.]

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cyclo·pedic (-dk) adj.

cyclo·pedist (-dst) n.

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cyclopedia or cyclopaedia

Noun

same as encyclopedia

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cyclopedia, cyclopaedia

encyclopedia. — cyclopedist, cyclopaedist, n. — cyclopedic, cyclopaedic, adj.

See also: Books

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cyclopedia - a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty cyclopaedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia book of facts, reference book, reference work, reference - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" book of knowledge - an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge